Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Roof of the World Masonic Lodge
ca. 1916
Maker not marked
Peru
Photograph on paper
overall: 5 1/4 x 9 in.; 13.335 x 22.86 cm
Gift of Dorothy Krueger
99.051

Black and white photograph of group of Masons standing on ridge of mountain. Men are wearing white aprons and suits. Photograph is mounted on cardboard backing. Typed label affixed to black (construction paper) paper mat reads: ""Roof of the World Lodge" / Located at Cerro de Pasco, Peru, South America, the highest Masonic Lodge in the world, holding a meeting on the summit of Mt. Meigs 17575 feet above the level of the sea." (Frame) backing paper with article from Masonic publication, "Tyler-Keystone / "Roof of the World" Lodge." Handwritten at top: "February 1916". (Black mat and article are stored in object folder).

For further information, Blog post, February 7, 2017, http://nationalheritagemuseum.typepad.com/library_and_archives/2017/02/roof-of-the-world-lodge.html